WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.560 I want you to pretend with me that when I was sitting on the end of that pew, I had one foot stuck in the aisle. 00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:22.240 And one of the ushers, as he walked by, tripped and fell flat on his face. 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:25.740 If it had been Tyler, we'd have just laughed. 00:00:25.739 --> 00:00:37.659 Or what if I got up and I looked down and I said, I'm sorry, Tyler. 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:41.000 Sorry. 00:00:43.179 --> 00:00:47.420 Got back in that pew and stuck my foot out again. 00:00:49.459 --> 00:00:53.219 Do you think he should take my apology seriously? 00:00:53.219 --> 00:00:56.179 No one would, would they? 00:00:57.219 --> 00:00:58.219 It's obvious. 00:00:58.579 --> 00:01:00.740 I'm not sorry if that's how I reacted. 00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:05.480 But what if he fell and I jumped up? 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:07.260 I am so sorry, Tyler. 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:08.900 I did not mean to do that. 00:01:08.939 --> 00:01:10.180 I didn't mean for my foot to be out there. 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:11.680 Let me help you up. 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:19.939 And I sit back down and I even scoop down now to make sure my foot's not out again. 00:01:19.939 --> 00:01:23.939 That ought to be believable, shouldn't it? 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:44.379 In the tone of my voice, my response, that would be genuine sorrow, even repentance, because I'm changing my action, getting a foot out of the way. 00:01:44.379 --> 00:01:48.079 Now, let's don't pretend. 00:01:49.859 --> 00:01:59.840 Think to yourself, when I realize that I have sinned against God or another person, how do I respond? 00:02:01.039 --> 00:02:09.280 Boys and girls, when you know you've done something that God doesn't want you to do, or your parents don't want you to do, 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:14.280 or you know you've done something to wrong somebody you go to school with, one of your classmates. 00:02:17.860 --> 00:02:21.420 And you're made to feel guilty. 00:02:21.580 --> 00:02:29.300 Either God convicts you, inflicts guilt on you, or your parent confronts you, or a teacher confronts you. 00:02:30.979 --> 00:02:32.280 What's your normal response? 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:41.379 Do you just mouth a meaningless, I'm sorry? 00:02:44.099 --> 00:02:45.180 But you're not. 00:02:46.500 --> 00:02:49.580 And you don't intend to even change your behavior. 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:54.300 If you're doing that, you're not fooling anybody. 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:55.900 I want to say this to boys and girls especially. 00:02:55.900 --> 00:03:00.080 Every teacher in this room, and probably most parents who have more than one child, 00:03:00.500 --> 00:03:05.120 something's happened, and you've told one child to say to another, you're sorry. 00:03:06.900 --> 00:03:14.360 Boys and girls, if you've been there, you're the one, and you looked at them and said, sorry, you just lied. 00:03:15.580 --> 00:03:17.140 And everybody knows it. 00:03:17.139 --> 00:03:25.459 Your facial expression, your tone gave you away. 00:03:26.239 --> 00:03:27.079 You didn't mean it. 00:03:29.759 --> 00:03:35.439 Or, when you sin against God or another person, 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:40.639 does the way you respond, 00:03:42.180 --> 00:03:44.859 your voice, your tone, your facial expression, 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:48.719 what you do afterward, 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:54.159 does it demonstrate true sorrow and repentance? 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:59.699 Well, this morning we're going to look at what real repentance looks like 00:03:59.699 --> 00:04:01.879 in Jonah chapter 3. 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:04.439 Turn with me if you would. 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:05.919 Jonah chapter 3. 00:04:06.020 --> 00:04:08.300 If you're here for the first time in a long time, 00:04:08.620 --> 00:04:10.359 we're in a study of the book of Jonah. 00:04:10.699 --> 00:04:12.520 We're in chapter 3 today. 00:04:13.500 --> 00:04:15.219 And what we're going to see is that 00:04:15.219 --> 00:04:16.980 Jonah preached. 00:04:18.220 --> 00:04:20.220 The people of Nineveh 00:04:20.220 --> 00:04:22.939 truly believed God 00:04:22.939 --> 00:04:25.220 and repented, 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:26.259 turned from, 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:28.579 changed their mind and life 00:04:28.579 --> 00:04:30.159 toward their sin. 00:04:30.159 --> 00:04:32.699 This chapter 00:04:32.699 --> 00:04:34.360 provides us with a clear picture 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:38.660 of what real repentance looks like. 00:04:39.660 --> 00:04:40.300 And 00:04:40.300 --> 00:04:43.280 I want to see as we go through this, 00:04:44.060 --> 00:04:45.939 everything that happens 00:04:45.939 --> 00:04:48.580 is a demonstration 00:04:48.580 --> 00:04:50.780 of God's grace. 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:52.360 God's amazing grace, 00:04:52.420 --> 00:04:54.280 like I titled this message. 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:55.780 Read with me. 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:57.080 We're in Jonah chapter 3. 00:04:57.079 --> 00:04:58.000 Last week, 00:04:58.060 --> 00:04:59.519 we just looked at the first few verses 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:00.419 with a focus on 00:05:00.419 --> 00:05:03.079 God gives us a second chance. 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:05.099 God gives His people 00:05:05.099 --> 00:05:06.319 second and third 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:07.839 and on and on chances 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:09.219 when we truly 00:05:09.219 --> 00:05:11.699 confess our sin, 00:05:11.860 --> 00:05:12.639 turn from it, 00:05:13.479 --> 00:05:14.539 and seek His forgiveness. 00:05:15.599 --> 00:05:17.000 Jonah had a second chance. 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:19.339 God called him to go to Nineveh 00:05:19.339 --> 00:05:20.519 the second time, 00:05:20.719 --> 00:05:21.419 and he went. 00:05:21.819 --> 00:05:23.479 Verse 3 tells us the message. 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:25.500 So Jonah arose 00:05:25.500 --> 00:05:26.360 and went to Nineveh 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:27.480 according to the word 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:28.040 of the Lord. 00:05:28.840 --> 00:05:29.660 Now Nineveh 00:05:29.660 --> 00:05:30.740 was an exceedingly 00:05:30.740 --> 00:05:31.480 great city. 00:05:32.420 --> 00:05:33.240 Some translations 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:33.600 would say 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:35.240 great city to God. 00:05:36.580 --> 00:05:37.740 Three days journey 00:05:37.740 --> 00:05:38.600 in breadth. 00:05:39.780 --> 00:05:40.439 Jonah began 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:41.400 to go into the city, 00:05:41.580 --> 00:05:42.680 going a day's journey, 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:44.720 and he called out, 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:47.300 yet 40 days 00:05:47.300 --> 00:05:48.939 and Nineveh 00:05:48.939 --> 00:05:51.620 shall be overthrown 00:05:51.620 --> 00:05:53.540 or destroyed. 00:05:54.540 --> 00:05:55.819 And the people of Nineveh 00:05:55.819 --> 00:05:57.180 believed God, 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:00.040 and they called for a fast 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:01.920 and put on sackcloth 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:03.939 from the greatest of them 00:06:03.939 --> 00:06:05.980 to the least. 00:06:07.980 --> 00:06:10.180 The people in general 00:06:10.180 --> 00:06:13.259 responded to the preaching 00:06:13.259 --> 00:06:14.280 of God's word 00:06:14.280 --> 00:06:16.160 by believing God 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:18.480 and demonstrating repentance. 00:06:19.540 --> 00:06:20.360 And then 00:06:20.360 --> 00:06:23.379 the king got in on it. 00:06:24.460 --> 00:06:25.900 The people responded first 00:06:25.900 --> 00:06:26.840 is what I want us to see. 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:28.500 Verse 6. 00:06:29.060 --> 00:06:30.000 The word reached 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:31.139 the king of Nineveh, 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:33.000 and he arose 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:33.860 from his throne, 00:06:34.259 --> 00:06:35.480 removed his robe, 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:36.540 covered himself 00:06:36.540 --> 00:06:37.620 with sackcloth, 00:06:37.840 --> 00:06:39.300 and sat in ashes. 00:06:39.300 --> 00:06:40.439 In his day, 00:06:40.819 --> 00:06:42.000 he couldn't show 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:44.740 more humility 00:06:44.740 --> 00:06:46.840 and repentance 00:06:46.840 --> 00:06:48.199 over his sin. 00:06:49.660 --> 00:06:50.740 Verse 7. 00:06:51.280 --> 00:06:52.020 And he issued 00:06:52.020 --> 00:06:53.000 a proclamation 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:54.379 and published 00:06:54.379 --> 00:06:55.300 through Nineveh 00:06:56.080 --> 00:06:57.680 by the decree 00:06:57.680 --> 00:06:58.280 of the king 00:06:58.280 --> 00:06:59.019 and his nobles, 00:06:59.400 --> 00:07:00.400 let neither man 00:07:00.400 --> 00:07:01.319 nor beast, 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:02.300 herd nor flock 00:07:02.860 --> 00:07:04.060 taste anything. 00:07:04.540 --> 00:07:05.699 Let them not feed 00:07:05.699 --> 00:07:06.980 or drink water, 00:07:07.300 --> 00:07:08.060 but let man 00:07:08.060 --> 00:07:08.660 and beast 00:07:08.660 --> 00:07:09.180 be covered 00:07:09.180 --> 00:07:10.220 with sackcloth 00:07:10.220 --> 00:07:11.079 and let them 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:12.399 call out mightily 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:13.500 to God. 00:07:14.500 --> 00:07:16.139 It was highly unusual 00:07:16.139 --> 00:07:18.439 in reading 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:19.319 what was going on 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:20.220 in that day and time 00:07:20.220 --> 00:07:22.660 for such public 00:07:22.660 --> 00:07:24.399 humility, 00:07:25.459 --> 00:07:25.920 sorrow, 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:27.180 brokenness 00:07:27.180 --> 00:07:29.600 to include animals. 00:07:30.699 --> 00:07:31.240 But the king 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:32.199 issued this decree 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:33.300 as a way 00:07:33.300 --> 00:07:34.240 of saying to the people, 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:35.920 we've got to let 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:36.519 God know 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:37.600 that we are serious. 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:39.639 We want God 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:40.060 to know 00:07:40.060 --> 00:07:40.939 that we are truly 00:07:40.939 --> 00:07:41.800 broken, 00:07:42.019 --> 00:07:42.680 repentant 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:44.400 in hopes 00:07:44.400 --> 00:07:45.400 that he will not 00:07:45.400 --> 00:07:46.720 destroy us. 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:48.879 Look back now. 00:07:49.460 --> 00:07:49.840 Verse 00:07:49.840 --> 00:07:52.560 8. 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:55.860 Let everyone 00:07:55.860 --> 00:07:56.680 turn from 00:07:56.680 --> 00:07:57.840 his evil way 00:07:57.840 --> 00:07:58.840 and from 00:07:58.840 --> 00:07:59.840 the violence 00:07:59.840 --> 00:08:00.639 that is in 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:01.439 his hands. 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:02.899 Who knows? 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:04.300 God may 00:08:04.300 --> 00:08:05.060 turn 00:08:05.060 --> 00:08:06.300 and relent 00:08:06.300 --> 00:08:07.600 and turn 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:08.360 from his fierce 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:08.819 anger 00:08:08.819 --> 00:08:10.060 so that we 00:08:10.060 --> 00:08:11.079 may not perish. 00:08:12.399 --> 00:08:13.199 When God 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:14.319 saw what they did, 00:08:15.060 --> 00:08:15.860 how they turned 00:08:15.860 --> 00:08:16.879 from their evil way, 00:08:17.379 --> 00:08:18.500 God relented 00:08:18.500 --> 00:08:19.659 of the disaster 00:08:19.659 --> 00:08:20.500 that he had said 00:08:20.500 --> 00:08:21.100 he would do 00:08:21.100 --> 00:08:21.560 to them 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:22.800 and he did 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:24.240 not do it. 00:08:25.420 --> 00:08:26.439 This is a 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:27.680 chapter that tells 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:28.279 us a lot about 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:28.659 repentance, 00:08:28.819 --> 00:08:29.339 but it also tells 00:08:29.339 --> 00:08:29.899 us a lot about 00:08:29.899 --> 00:08:30.819 grace. 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:32.279 Let's look at it. 00:08:32.299 --> 00:08:32.820 Number one. 00:08:33.179 --> 00:08:34.039 God graciously 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:35.100 warns us 00:08:35.100 --> 00:08:36.279 of the final 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:37.080 consequences 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:37.980 of our sin. 00:08:38.740 --> 00:08:39.399 That's what 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:39.960 he's doing 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:41.179 in verses 00:08:41.179 --> 00:08:41.960 3 and 4. 00:08:42.840 --> 00:08:43.519 God sent 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:44.220 Jonah to 00:08:44.220 --> 00:08:44.899 this city 00:08:44.899 --> 00:08:45.820 to preach 00:08:45.820 --> 00:08:46.399 a message 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:47.299 of judgment 00:08:47.299 --> 00:08:48.500 and look at it 00:08:48.500 --> 00:08:49.039 verse 4. 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:49.879 And he called 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:50.419 out yet 00:08:50.419 --> 00:08:51.600 40 days 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:52.759 and Nineveh 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:53.500 shall be 00:08:53.500 --> 00:08:54.059 overthrown. 00:08:55.820 --> 00:08:56.559 Was this 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:56.940 all that 00:08:56.940 --> 00:08:57.539 Jonah said? 00:08:59.019 --> 00:08:59.659 Well it 00:08:59.659 --> 00:09:00.299 doesn't say. 00:09:01.100 --> 00:09:01.419 We don't 00:09:01.419 --> 00:09:01.740 know. 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:03.419 Is it 00:09:03.419 --> 00:09:03.879 just a 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:04.259 summary? 00:09:04.980 --> 00:09:05.659 I think 00:09:05.659 --> 00:09:06.159 it is. 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:07.139 I think 00:09:07.139 --> 00:09:07.379 it's just 00:09:07.379 --> 00:09:07.819 a summary 00:09:07.819 --> 00:09:08.120 of what 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:08.459 all he 00:09:08.459 --> 00:09:09.019 preached 00:09:09.019 --> 00:09:09.719 because 00:09:09.719 --> 00:09:11.759 this phrase, 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:12.299 this sentence 00:09:12.299 --> 00:09:13.000 doesn't mention 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:14.039 God's name. 00:09:14.899 --> 00:09:15.259 But in 00:09:15.259 --> 00:09:16.019 verse 5 00:09:16.019 --> 00:09:16.860 we read 00:09:16.860 --> 00:09:17.120 that they 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:17.559 believed 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:18.039 in God. 00:09:18.259 --> 00:09:18.559 How could 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:19.019 they believe 00:09:19.019 --> 00:09:19.539 in Jonah's 00:09:19.539 --> 00:09:19.899 God if 00:09:19.899 --> 00:09:20.079 they had 00:09:20.079 --> 00:09:20.439 not heard 00:09:20.439 --> 00:09:20.759 of him? 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:22.500 So Jonah 00:09:22.500 --> 00:09:23.839 said more 00:09:23.839 --> 00:09:24.259 than just 00:09:24.259 --> 00:09:24.819 this one 00:09:24.819 --> 00:09:25.439 sentence, 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:27.280 but the 00:09:27.280 --> 00:09:27.820 point is 00:09:27.820 --> 00:09:28.460 this was 00:09:28.460 --> 00:09:29.080 the essence 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:29.560 of his 00:09:29.560 --> 00:09:29.960 message. 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:30.300 It was 00:09:30.300 --> 00:09:30.960 a message 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:32.600 of 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:33.580 destruction, 00:09:34.020 --> 00:09:34.840 of judgment. 00:09:37.520 --> 00:09:37.720 Jonah 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:38.300 told them 00:09:38.300 --> 00:09:40.100 in 40 00:09:40.100 --> 00:09:40.580 days you're 00:09:40.580 --> 00:09:40.680 going to 00:09:40.680 --> 00:09:41.680 be overthrown. 00:09:41.980 --> 00:09:42.240 The word 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:42.700 overthrown 00:09:42.700 --> 00:09:43.180 is the same 00:09:43.180 --> 00:09:43.980 word used 00:09:43.980 --> 00:09:44.300 in other 00:09:44.300 --> 00:09:44.960 passages in 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:45.220 the Old 00:09:45.220 --> 00:09:46.260 Testament to 00:09:46.260 --> 00:09:46.900 describe 00:09:46.900 --> 00:09:48.280 destruction. 00:09:50.280 --> 00:09:50.680 But I 00:09:50.680 --> 00:09:50.960 want you to 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:51.220 think of 00:09:51.220 --> 00:09:51.540 this. 00:09:52.800 --> 00:09:53.360 The fact 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:53.960 that God 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:54.840 told them 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:56.360 warned them 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:58.580 40 days 00:09:58.580 --> 00:09:59.580 in advance 00:09:59.580 --> 00:10:01.780 means that 00:10:01.780 --> 00:10:02.220 he was 00:10:02.220 --> 00:10:03.040 giving them 00:10:03.040 --> 00:10:03.860 time to 00:10:03.860 --> 00:10:04.440 repent 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:06.800 and Jonah 00:10:06.800 --> 00:10:07.960 knew that 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:09.480 and didn't 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:10.080 like it. 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:11.680 In chapter 00:10:11.680 --> 00:10:12.500 4, which 00:10:12.500 --> 00:10:13.120 we'll look at 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:13.759 next week, 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:14.259 we'll start 00:10:14.259 --> 00:10:14.560 in chapter 00:10:14.560 --> 00:10:15.000 4 next 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:15.259 week, 00:10:16.980 --> 00:10:17.480 Jonah 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:19.900 was mad 00:10:19.900 --> 00:10:21.120 because the 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:21.580 people of 00:10:21.580 --> 00:10:22.120 Nineveh 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:23.420 heard God's 00:10:23.420 --> 00:10:23.960 word and 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:24.680 responded 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:25.399 positively. 00:10:25.620 --> 00:10:26.019 He was 00:10:26.019 --> 00:10:26.959 mad because 00:10:26.959 --> 00:10:27.939 they repented 00:10:27.939 --> 00:10:28.819 and God 00:10:28.819 --> 00:10:29.479 relented. 00:10:30.479 --> 00:10:31.219 We'll get 00:10:31.219 --> 00:10:31.759 into that 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:32.799 next week. 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:34.179 What I want 00:10:34.179 --> 00:10:34.620 to point out 00:10:34.620 --> 00:10:35.299 here is that 00:10:35.299 --> 00:10:36.079 Jonah knew 00:10:36.079 --> 00:10:36.779 that his 00:10:36.779 --> 00:10:37.559 message of 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:38.120 judgment 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:39.000 was in 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:40.339 effect a 00:10:40.339 --> 00:10:41.000 warning. 00:10:42.419 --> 00:10:42.919 It was 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:43.479 God's way 00:10:43.479 --> 00:10:43.859 of being 00:10:43.859 --> 00:10:44.339 gracious. 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:45.599 Look at 00:10:45.599 --> 00:10:46.000 what Jonah 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:46.379 said in 00:10:46.379 --> 00:10:46.939 chapter 4 00:10:46.939 --> 00:10:47.559 verse 2. 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:49.179 He said, 00:10:49.179 --> 00:10:51.099 I knew that 00:10:51.099 --> 00:10:51.659 you are a 00:10:51.659 --> 00:10:52.559 gracious God 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:53.239 and merciful, 00:10:53.719 --> 00:10:54.319 slow to 00:10:54.319 --> 00:10:55.239 anger and 00:10:55.239 --> 00:10:56.099 abounding in 00:10:56.099 --> 00:10:57.219 steadfast love 00:10:57.219 --> 00:10:58.399 and relenting 00:10:58.399 --> 00:10:59.679 from disaster. 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:01.500 And in the 00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:02.139 context, 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:03.459 that's why 00:11:03.459 --> 00:11:04.500 he's mad. 00:11:07.500 --> 00:11:08.359 Jonah went 00:11:08.359 --> 00:11:08.839 and preached 00:11:08.839 --> 00:11:09.579 this message of 00:11:09.579 --> 00:11:10.879 destruction hoping 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:11.739 they wouldn't 00:11:11.739 --> 00:11:12.620 believe, that they 00:11:12.620 --> 00:11:13.759 wouldn't change, 00:11:13.979 --> 00:11:14.379 they wouldn't 00:11:14.379 --> 00:11:14.779 repent. 00:11:14.779 --> 00:11:17.480 But he knew 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:18.279 when he preached 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:19.459 that message 00:11:19.459 --> 00:11:21.339 that it implied 00:11:21.339 --> 00:11:23.100 there's 40 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:23.860 days left for 00:11:23.860 --> 00:11:24.500 you to repent. 00:11:25.419 --> 00:11:26.059 He knew, 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:26.559 look at that 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:26.899 verse, 00:11:27.659 --> 00:11:28.220 he knew that 00:11:28.220 --> 00:11:29.019 God's gracious, 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:29.799 merciful, 00:11:30.079 --> 00:11:30.620 slow to 00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:31.360 anger and 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:32.059 abounding in 00:11:32.059 --> 00:11:33.059 steadfast love, 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:34.319 relenting from 00:11:34.319 --> 00:11:34.980 disaster. 00:11:36.199 --> 00:11:37.399 He knew 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:39.720 these people 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:41.000 may believe. 00:11:42.480 --> 00:11:43.059 They may 00:11:43.059 --> 00:11:43.779 take God's 00:11:43.779 --> 00:11:45.759 gracious 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:46.480 offer. 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:47.339 There's 40 00:11:47.339 --> 00:11:48.879 days and so 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:49.240 they're going 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:49.679 to repent. 00:11:50.740 --> 00:11:51.519 And they 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:52.000 did. 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:54.740 And for 00:11:54.740 --> 00:11:55.339 everybody but 00:11:55.339 --> 00:11:55.699 Jonah, 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:57.419 that's great 00:11:57.419 --> 00:11:59.879 that God 00:11:59.879 --> 00:12:00.839 is so 00:12:00.839 --> 00:12:01.259 gracious, 00:12:01.539 --> 00:12:02.419 so merciful, 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:04.139 so slow 00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:04.980 to anger 00:12:04.980 --> 00:12:05.639 and abounding 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:06.740 in steadfast love. 00:12:07.740 --> 00:12:08.699 I want you 00:12:08.699 --> 00:12:09.259 to understand, 00:12:09.899 --> 00:12:10.799 if you are 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:11.579 running from 00:12:11.579 --> 00:12:12.100 God, 00:12:12.100 --> 00:12:12.139 God, 00:12:12.460 --> 00:12:14.220 for whatever 00:12:14.220 --> 00:12:14.639 reason, 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:16.720 you're trying 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:17.200 to ignore 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:17.420 Him. 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:17.860 You're trying 00:12:17.860 --> 00:12:18.560 not to 00:12:18.560 --> 00:12:19.279 obey Him. 00:12:19.820 --> 00:12:20.159 You're trying 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:20.680 to get out 00:12:20.680 --> 00:12:21.120 of what you 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:21.519 know He 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:22.000 wants you 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:22.600 to do. 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:23.680 If you're 00:12:23.680 --> 00:12:24.100 running from 00:12:24.100 --> 00:12:24.500 God, 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:25.960 the fact that 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:26.420 you are 00:12:26.420 --> 00:12:28.320 alive and 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:29.000 hearing this 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:29.620 message this 00:12:29.620 --> 00:12:31.440 morning means 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:32.220 that God is 00:12:32.220 --> 00:12:33.220 showing you 00:12:33.220 --> 00:12:33.720 grace. 00:12:34.580 --> 00:12:35.240 He's showing 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:36.300 you mercy. 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:37.779 He's being 00:12:37.779 --> 00:12:39.120 slow to 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:39.620 anger. 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:41.419 But, 00:12:42.139 --> 00:12:43.299 God will 00:12:43.299 --> 00:12:44.299 not patiently 00:12:44.299 --> 00:12:45.480 wait on 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:45.860 you to 00:12:45.860 --> 00:12:46.480 respond to 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:47.519 Him forever. 00:12:48.659 --> 00:12:49.480 We've seen 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:50.259 some of that 00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:51.419 in our study 00:12:51.419 --> 00:12:51.980 so far. 00:12:52.419 --> 00:12:52.879 If you're 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:53.240 not a 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:53.600 Christian, 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:56.120 but you 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:56.539 know, 00:12:57.480 --> 00:12:57.960 God has 00:12:57.960 --> 00:12:58.519 been calling 00:12:58.519 --> 00:12:59.220 you to 00:12:59.220 --> 00:13:00.519 real faith 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:01.019 in Jesus 00:13:01.019 --> 00:13:02.539 for years 00:13:02.539 --> 00:13:02.919 maybe. 00:13:04.460 --> 00:13:05.259 But you've 00:13:05.259 --> 00:13:06.000 not responded. 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:07.180 Maybe you 00:13:07.180 --> 00:13:07.600 are a 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:08.180 professing 00:13:08.179 --> 00:13:08.559 Christian, 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:09.139 even a 00:13:09.139 --> 00:13:09.439 member of 00:13:09.439 --> 00:13:09.599 this 00:13:09.599 --> 00:13:09.959 church, 00:13:10.299 --> 00:13:10.599 but you 00:13:10.599 --> 00:13:12.959 know I'm 00:13:12.959 --> 00:13:13.419 not really 00:13:13.419 --> 00:13:13.879 a Christian. 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:15.899 I have 00:13:15.899 --> 00:13:16.939 never truly 00:13:16.939 --> 00:13:17.719 turned from 00:13:17.719 --> 00:13:18.239 my sin 00:13:18.239 --> 00:13:18.819 and trusted 00:13:18.819 --> 00:13:19.319 Christ. 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:20.000 I'm more 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:20.519 interested in 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:21.199 pleasing me 00:13:21.199 --> 00:13:21.699 than pleasing 00:13:21.699 --> 00:13:22.679 God every 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:23.159 day of the 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:23.439 week. 00:13:25.019 --> 00:13:25.879 If you know 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:26.359 you're not a 00:13:26.359 --> 00:13:26.679 Christian, 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:28.539 and it may 00:13:28.539 --> 00:13:29.120 not be every 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:29.739 week, but 00:13:29.739 --> 00:13:30.339 from time to 00:13:30.339 --> 00:13:31.120 time, maybe 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:31.799 riding down 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:32.199 the road, 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:32.919 maybe in a 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:33.599 church service, 00:13:34.479 --> 00:13:36.240 God convicts 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:38.159 you to 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:38.620 Jesus points 00:13:38.620 --> 00:13:39.159 out to you 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:39.419 that you 00:13:39.419 --> 00:13:39.779 are not 00:13:39.779 --> 00:13:40.299 his child, 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:40.860 but you 00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:41.519 could be 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:41.899 if you'd 00:13:41.899 --> 00:13:42.199 humble 00:13:42.199 --> 00:13:42.759 yourself, 00:13:44.079 --> 00:13:44.600 turn from 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:45.139 your sin, 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:46.339 and trust 00:13:46.339 --> 00:13:46.839 Jesus. 00:13:47.839 --> 00:13:48.399 I want to 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:48.819 encourage you 00:13:48.819 --> 00:13:49.559 to do that 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:50.439 now while 00:13:50.439 --> 00:13:50.879 you have 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:51.779 the opportunity 00:13:51.779 --> 00:13:55.679 because you 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:56.179 may not have 00:13:56.179 --> 00:13:56.839 that opportunity 00:13:56.839 --> 00:13:58.079 much longer. 00:13:58.879 --> 00:13:59.519 If you 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:00.159 continue to 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:00.740 resist his 00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:01.819 call and 00:14:01.819 --> 00:14:02.439 die, 00:14:03.439 --> 00:14:04.699 not trusting 00:14:04.700 --> 00:14:05.220 Christ, 00:14:05.740 --> 00:14:06.460 you will 00:14:06.460 --> 00:14:06.879 spend 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:07.379 eternity 00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:07.960 away from 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:08.820 him in 00:14:08.820 --> 00:14:09.200 hell. 00:14:10.100 --> 00:14:10.460 That is 00:14:10.460 --> 00:14:10.940 the bad 00:14:10.940 --> 00:14:11.440 news of 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:11.879 the Bible, 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:13.020 but the 00:14:13.020 --> 00:14:13.560 good news 00:14:13.560 --> 00:14:14.280 is what 00:14:14.280 --> 00:14:14.700 you see on 00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:15.140 the screen, 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:16.520 God is 00:14:16.520 --> 00:14:16.940 gracious, 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:19.220 and he is 00:14:19.220 --> 00:14:20.080 patiently 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:20.780 waiting for 00:14:20.780 --> 00:14:21.040 you to 00:14:21.040 --> 00:14:21.420 come to 00:14:21.420 --> 00:14:22.440 him right 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:23.360 now if 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:23.640 you're not 00:14:23.640 --> 00:14:24.020 a believer, 00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:25.000 if you are 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:25.440 a Christian. 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:27.820 But there's 00:14:27.820 --> 00:14:28.379 something in 00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:29.020 your life that 00:14:29.020 --> 00:14:29.600 you're just 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:31.259 unwilling to 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:32.720 obey God 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:33.060 about. 00:14:34.560 --> 00:14:35.320 You're just 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:36.500 refusing to 00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:37.080 do his 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:37.779 will about 00:14:37.779 --> 00:14:38.240 a particular 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:39.220 matter with 00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:39.660 a certain 00:14:39.660 --> 00:14:40.480 person maybe. 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:42.139 I want you to 00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:42.600 understand that 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:43.139 God will not 00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:43.860 allow you to 00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:44.540 disobey him 00:14:44.540 --> 00:14:45.300 without 00:14:45.300 --> 00:14:46.420 consequences 00:14:46.420 --> 00:14:47.379 forever. 00:14:48.460 --> 00:14:48.840 We have 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:49.300 seen in 00:14:49.300 --> 00:14:50.259 earlier messages 00:14:50.259 --> 00:14:51.460 that God 00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:52.440 disciplines his 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:52.899 children. 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:53.820 God disciplined 00:14:53.820 --> 00:14:54.240 Jonah. 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:55.420 Jonah didn't 00:14:55.420 --> 00:14:55.899 want to go do 00:14:55.899 --> 00:14:56.440 God's will. 00:14:57.019 --> 00:14:57.860 God put him 00:14:57.860 --> 00:14:58.899 in a position 00:14:58.899 --> 00:15:01.960 where doing 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:02.639 his will 00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:04.139 was what he 00:15:04.139 --> 00:15:04.919 wanted to do 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:05.639 rather than 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:06.199 die. 00:15:07.779 --> 00:15:08.439 One of our 00:15:08.439 --> 00:15:09.259 church members 00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:10.879 mentioned to 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:11.580 me after that 00:15:11.580 --> 00:15:12.100 message, 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:13.059 say it in 00:15:13.059 --> 00:15:13.819 this service, 00:15:14.580 --> 00:15:15.439 I ran from 00:15:15.439 --> 00:15:16.480 God for years. 00:15:16.659 --> 00:15:17.759 I refused to 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.480 listen to him 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:19.240 as he called 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:20.159 me to faith in 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:21.199 Jesus, but God 00:15:21.199 --> 00:15:22.480 broke my back, 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:23.399 put me in the 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:24.460 hospital where 00:15:24.460 --> 00:15:25.779 all I could do 00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:26.600 was look up 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:27.519 and look up I 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:27.919 did. 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:29.379 That's when he 00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:30.179 saved me. 00:15:30.179 --> 00:15:32.519 God has a 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:33.259 way for us 00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:33.919 as Christians 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:34.299 I'm talking 00:15:34.299 --> 00:15:34.539 about. 00:15:35.739 --> 00:15:36.399 God can 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:37.459 discipline us 00:15:37.459 --> 00:15:40.199 severely if 00:15:40.199 --> 00:15:40.759 necessary. 00:15:41.959 --> 00:15:42.859 Some of you, 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:44.859 some of us, 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:46.299 have experienced 00:15:46.299 --> 00:15:47.719 severe discipline 00:15:47.719 --> 00:15:49.259 from a parent. 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:52.899 They loved us so 00:15:52.899 --> 00:15:55.399 much, they took 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:56.740 the car away for a 00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:57.479 month and put the 00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:58.560 driver's license on 00:15:58.560 --> 00:15:59.000 the mantle. 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:01.279 Some of us, our 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:02.420 parents loved us so 00:16:02.420 --> 00:16:04.360 much that they 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:05.600 were willing for us 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:07.080 to be just mad and 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:08.259 angry and say all 00:16:08.259 --> 00:16:09.019 kinds of things, but 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:09.860 they wouldn't give 00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:10.279 in. 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:11.879 They wouldn't let us 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:12.759 have our way because 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:13.820 our way would have, 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:14.920 if it didn't kill us, 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:15.740 it'd hurt us. 00:16:18.899 --> 00:16:20.100 God loves us so 00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:22.159 much that he's 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.220 willing to pay the 00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:23.700 price. 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:26.700 He's willing for us 00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:27.840 to pay the price 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:30.240 for our long-term 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:32.440 benefit of obeying 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:33.980 him and honoring 00:16:33.980 --> 00:16:35.020 him because he's our 00:16:35.020 --> 00:16:36.460 heavenly father and 00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:38.120 we want his will. 00:16:38.300 --> 00:16:39.400 Jonah came to the 00:16:39.400 --> 00:16:39.780 point where he 00:16:39.780 --> 00:16:40.360 wanted to preach. 00:16:40.680 --> 00:16:41.280 He didn't want these 00:16:41.280 --> 00:16:42.080 people to believe. 00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.120 We'll come to that 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:43.540 next week. 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.280 He didn't have the 00:16:44.280 --> 00:16:46.480 best attitude, but he 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.379 had repented. 00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:48.980 He had come back to 00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:49.340 the Lord. 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:50.720 He was showing some 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:51.840 good signs, but not 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:53.780 all the good signs by 00:16:53.780 --> 00:16:54.660 a long ways. 00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:56.480 We need to learn 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:57.339 from Jonah's message 00:16:57.339 --> 00:16:58.319 that God graciously 00:16:58.319 --> 00:17:01.879 warns us of the 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:02.879 consequences of our 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:04.819 sin so that we will 00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.680 repent of it. 00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:07.599 And now I want us to 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:10.000 look at repentance in 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:10.960 more detail as we look 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:11.639 at this next point. 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:13.339 God graciously gives us 00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:14.759 opportunities to repent 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.399 of our sin. 00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:17.259 What we're looking at, 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:18.159 verses 5 through 9, 00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:19.139 how they responded. 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.740 That's his whole point. 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:22.480 He sends Jonah to 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:23.119 preach so they will 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:24.139 respond this way. 00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:26.599 They believed that the 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:27.779 message Jonah preached 00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:29.539 was from God. 00:17:29.899 --> 00:17:30.479 So they took it 00:17:30.479 --> 00:17:30.819 seriously. 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:32.079 They put their faith 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:32.559 in him. 00:17:32.639 --> 00:17:33.379 Look at the verse in 00:17:33.379 --> 00:17:33.939 verse 5. 00:17:34.239 --> 00:17:35.000 And the people of 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:36.239 Nineveh believed God. 00:17:37.679 --> 00:17:38.699 These people were not 00:17:38.699 --> 00:17:40.699 followers of Jonah. 00:17:42.859 --> 00:17:44.659 After he preaches, 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.739 when it starts talking 00:17:45.739 --> 00:17:46.579 about him believing, 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:48.099 Jonah passes off the 00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:48.759 scene here. 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:51.680 We're not going to see 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:52.579 Jonah anymore in 00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:53.279 chapter 3. 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:55.500 It's all about the 00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:57.200 people's response to 00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:57.579 God. 00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:59.019 They immediately began 00:17:59.019 --> 00:18:00.220 to demonstrate that they 00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:01.140 meant business by 00:18:01.140 --> 00:18:02.759 publicly humbling 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.579 themselves like they 00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:04.859 did. 00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:05.879 Look at the last part of 00:18:05.879 --> 00:18:06.279 verse 5. 00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:07.940 They called for a fast 00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:09.759 and put on sackcloth. 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:12.980 God was obviously at 00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:13.400 work. 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.400 This was not something 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:16.319 they just decided to do 00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:16.799 on their own. 00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:18.180 God was doing a 00:18:18.180 --> 00:18:19.680 miraculous work of 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:20.940 grace, opening their 00:18:20.940 --> 00:18:22.500 eyes to see the truth 00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.899 and want to respond 00:18:23.899 --> 00:18:25.299 because everyone did. 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:26.859 Look at the last part 00:18:26.859 --> 00:18:27.359 of verse 5. 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.519 From the greatest of 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.859 them to the least of 00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:30.119 them. 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:32.819 Even the king got in 00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.279 on this. 00:18:34.159 --> 00:18:35.519 He followed the 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:36.619 people's example. 00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:37.819 They did this first. 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:39.079 That's important to 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:39.299 note. 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:40.419 But look in verse 6. 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.519 The word reached the 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.740 king of Nineveh and he 00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.759 arose from his throne, 00:18:43.899 --> 00:18:44.779 removed his robe, 00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:45.919 covered himself with 00:18:45.919 --> 00:18:46.599 sackcloth, 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:47.679 sat in ashes. 00:18:49.899 --> 00:18:52.459 These people truly 00:18:52.459 --> 00:18:54.639 believed God's word of 00:18:54.639 --> 00:18:57.199 warning and they 00:18:57.199 --> 00:18:58.939 responded by doing 00:18:58.939 --> 00:19:01.279 what they knew to do 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:03.099 as signs of humility, 00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.579 brokenness, and 00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.000 repentance. 00:19:05.899 --> 00:19:06.619 Let's look at this 00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:07.819 picture of real 00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:08.699 repentance now. 00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.599 I want to begin by 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.559 defining it. 00:19:11.199 --> 00:19:11.519 J.I. 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:12.459 Packer gives us a real 00:19:12.459 --> 00:19:14.539 concise definition. 00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:16.220 Repentance is a change 00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:18.500 of mind, issuing a change 00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:19.000 of life. 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:20.740 You may have heard it 00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:21.519 spoken a little bit 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:21.819 differently. 00:19:22.159 --> 00:19:23.039 Repentance is a change 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:25.480 of mind or heart 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.519 resulting in a change 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:27.159 of life. 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:29.119 Wayne Grudem expands 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:29.399 this. 00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:31.079 He includes a lot of the 00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:32.039 aspects of repentance. 00:19:32.399 --> 00:19:32.899 Look at this. 00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:34.779 Repentance is heartfelt 00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:37.220 sorrow for sin, a 00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:39.180 renouncing of it, and a 00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:40.480 sincere commitment to 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:42.119 forsake it and live in 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:43.819 obedience to Christ. 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.959 What we're looking at is 00:19:46.959 --> 00:19:47.459 how these people 00:19:47.459 --> 00:19:49.559 repented of their sin 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.279 against God. 00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:51.899 That's the primary 00:19:51.899 --> 00:19:53.219 application. 00:19:53.739 --> 00:19:54.419 We need to think about 00:19:54.419 --> 00:19:55.979 do we truly, when we're 00:19:55.979 --> 00:19:56.979 convicted of our sin, 00:19:57.419 --> 00:19:57.739 repent? 00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:59.419 But I want you to apply 00:19:59.419 --> 00:20:00.719 this in personal 00:20:00.719 --> 00:20:01.559 relationships. 00:20:04.439 --> 00:20:06.859 When you and your 00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:09.399 spouse, one of your 00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:10.259 family members, one of 00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:12.319 your friends, one of 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:14.099 your enemies, when you 00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:18.740 truly have conflict and 00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:21.299 you feel guilty, you get 00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:24.599 convicted that you've 00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:27.859 been wrong, do you show 00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:29.539 genuine repentance? 00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:31.519 Keep that in mind as we go 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.099 through this. 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.960 The people of Nineveh 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:35.920 demonstrated what repentance 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.960 looks like. 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.759 I want us to look at three 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.160 things. 00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:40.599 Number one, when we 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:42.160 repent, we will feel 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:44.619 genuine sorrow over our 00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:44.879 sin. 00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:46.680 They called for a fast and 00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.640 put on sackcloth. 00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.940 In the ancient world, that 00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.619 was their way. 00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:52.519 It was a known way for 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:56.379 expressing humility, sorrow. 00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:59.640 It was just the way. 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:03.559 When we truly repent, we 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:07.079 will be genuinely sorry that 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:09.859 we have sinned against God 00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:11.720 or another person. 00:21:12.439 --> 00:21:15.240 And we will show it in our 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:18.759 own way in the way that we 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.699 act toward the person. 00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.879 And the way we act toward 00:21:21.879 --> 00:21:22.379 the person, I'm talking 00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:23.659 about the way you look at 00:21:23.659 --> 00:21:26.019 them, the way you express 00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:28.419 yourself, words, tone, body 00:21:28.419 --> 00:21:31.019 language, and then what you 00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:35.240 do, how you respond going 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.920 forward. 00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:38.460 There's a lot of 00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:41.299 difference between genuine 00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:44.920 heartfelt sorrow over sin and 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:46.539 genuine sorrow that you got 00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:49.480 caught and had to pay the 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.480 consequences. 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:53.579 If I get stopped for speeding 00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:55.799 going home today and I get a 00:21:55.799 --> 00:22:00.319 ticket, I will be sorry that I 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:02.980 got caught, that I've got to 00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:04.299 pay a fine. 00:22:05.639 --> 00:22:06.939 And if they turn it in on my 00:22:06.939 --> 00:22:08.119 insurance and it goes up for 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:09.220 three years, I'm going to be 00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:12.119 real sorry that I sped going 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:14.039 down Highway 8 on the way home 00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:14.279 today. 00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:19.220 I hope there's no city policeman 00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.339 or highway patrolman in this 00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.599 room. 00:22:21.679 --> 00:22:22.639 But I'm going to let you in on a 00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:22.899 secret. 00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:25.919 I like to drive fast. 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:28.900 And if I get caught, I'm going 00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:30.480 to be sorry I got caught and 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:32.620 got fined as my insurance goes 00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:32.880 up. 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.400 But I'm going to be real 00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:34.640 honest. 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.759 I'm not going to be sorry I 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.360 drove fast. 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.960 I like to. 00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:42.940 And if I can get by with it, I 00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.000 will. 00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:44.820 I don't just fly and do bad 00:22:44.820 --> 00:22:45.100 things. 00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:45.820 I don't drive through 00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:47.060 neighborhoods like a wild man. 00:22:48.560 --> 00:22:50.279 But I figure on a four-lane road, 00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:51.259 just take your chance. 00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:57.019 I don't go 100 miles an hour, 00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:59.140 except sometimes on the 00:22:59.140 --> 00:23:00.400 interstate, but not around here. 00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:04.220 You see what I'm saying? 00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:10.660 We can truly be sorry, feel 00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:16.740 terrible, guilty for consequences 00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:20.039 that we suffer from our sin. 00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:24.279 Boys and girls, there's no doubt 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:26.440 you are sorry when you are 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:28.140 disrespectful to your parent or 00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:30.980 teacher and you get grounded at 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:32.559 home, stay in for recess. 00:23:32.879 --> 00:23:34.379 You're sorry for sure. 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:37.940 But are you repentant? 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:42.740 Is there a real heartfelt sorrow 00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:45.240 that leads to the next point? 00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.900 We will turn from our sin. 00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.619 Look what they did. 00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:51.599 The king issued this decree. 00:23:52.479 --> 00:23:54.000 He says, let everyone turn from 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:56.599 his evil way and from the violence 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:58.539 that is in his hands. 00:23:59.399 --> 00:24:01.119 I pointed out in one of the first 00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:05.719 couple of messages that Nineveh is 00:24:05.719 --> 00:24:08.759 a very important city in Assyria. 00:24:09.459 --> 00:24:11.519 And the Assyrians were notorious for 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.539 their brutality. 00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:15.519 One of the ancient world's most evil, 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:18.000 ruthless empires. 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:22.559 They were known to sometimes skin people 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.000 alive. 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:27.319 Cut off an enemy's head, stick it on a 00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:30.500 pole and make a family member of that 00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:33.119 person carry it around, parade it around. 00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:36.920 Well, the king demonstrates repentance 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:41.759 by calling for these people to turn from 00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:45.200 their evil and the violence that is in 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.819 their hands. 00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:49.779 When God convicts us of sin, 00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:54.220 we will stop our sinful behavior. 00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:58.200 We will have a desire to turn away from it 00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:59.880 and we will put forth the effort to turn away 00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.240 from it. 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:02.940 For example, if you've been lying, 00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:06.240 you've been convicted of your sin of lying, 00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:07.440 you will stop lying. 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:11.680 That's how you'll show repentance. 00:25:12.320 --> 00:25:14.440 If you've been disrespectful to your parents, 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:18.860 you'll stop being disrespectful to your parents. 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:22.059 If you've been talking about people, 00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:23.820 you're just a gossip, a slanderer. 00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:25.759 And you really get convicted about it, 00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.880 you'll close your mouth. 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.640 And you won't do that anymore. 00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:32.500 Now, some things are more difficult to stop than 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:32.740 others. 00:25:32.820 --> 00:25:34.019 And I want to point this out for a moment. 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:37.639 I know some people who have struggled with alcohol 00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:40.240 and drug abuse for years. 00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:47.480 And if they ever become repentant and want to stop, 00:25:48.639 --> 00:25:51.259 they're most likely going to need help. 00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:53.019 Certainly they need God's help. 00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:55.960 They're going to need other people's help, 00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:57.920 family members, friends. 00:25:58.660 --> 00:26:00.319 They may need professional help. 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:02.599 They may need the help of a professional, 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:04.559 of a medical doctor, 00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:06.619 a professional counselor, 00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:08.319 psychological, spiritual. 00:26:10.179 --> 00:26:12.639 If God is convicting you of your sin, 00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.599 whatever it is, 00:26:15.939 --> 00:26:17.359 it's important that you express 00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:19.939 heartfelt sorrow. 00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:24.119 And then you've got to ask God to help you 00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:27.519 to stop the sinful behavior. 00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:29.279 You change your mind about it. 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.839 You turn from it. 00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.539 And if you need help, 00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.920 you seek help. 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.720 You just say, 00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.660 I can't help it. 00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:39.519 You seek guidance, 00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:39.960 help, 00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:41.299 correction in some way. 00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:45.539 If you're on the receiving end of somebody 00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:48.980 coming to you and expressing sorrow for something, 00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:51.960 and it appears they truly are repentant, 00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:54.619 but next week or next month, 00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:56.099 they fail you again, 00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.599 don't give up on them. 00:26:57.599 --> 00:27:00.719 None of us, 00:27:01.439 --> 00:27:02.359 none of us, 00:27:02.419 --> 00:27:03.839 when we truly repent, 00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:06.939 we don't walk away from it 00:27:06.939 --> 00:27:07.859 and never go back. 00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.219 We fail. 00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:14.299 We struggle as sinful human beings, 00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.219 even as Christians. 00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:18.439 And just as God gives you 00:27:18.439 --> 00:27:19.759 second and third 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:22.459 and 20th and 50th chance, 00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:25.180 you've got to give people 00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:26.460 other chances. 00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:29.740 It can't just be one and done. 00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.940 You don't want God to do you that way. 00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:34.720 You can't do people that way. 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:39.000 But let's not take advantage of this. 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:42.000 I cannot, 00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:45.859 if it's my problem, 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:48.859 I cannot go to somebody and say, 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.119 hey, 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:51.180 you've got to be patient with me. 00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:54.039 I'm just a sinful person 00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:56.960 and I'm going to fail you all the time. 00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:59.299 You don't mean it if that's what you say. 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.980 That's an excuse. 00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:05.299 We are that way, 00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:08.500 but we can't accept that in ourselves. 00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.799 We work on it. 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.980 We continuously, 00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.039 Martin Luther, 00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.599 the reformer, 00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.599 said the Christian life 00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.880 is a life of repentance 00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:18.000 before God, 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:20.120 before others that we wrong. 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.860 There's one more part 00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:23.839 of real repentance here. 00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:25.539 We must turn to God in faith. 00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:27.660 We've already seen that in verse five. 00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:29.660 The people of Nineveh believed God. 00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.940 But then in verse eight, 00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:32.400 the king again said, 00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:36.160 let them call out mightily to God. 00:28:36.620 --> 00:28:38.600 Repentance is a turning from sin 00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:43.080 and turning to God in faith, 00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.800 or if you're a Christian, 00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:45.960 in renewed faith, 00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:48.380 if you're coming back to him. 00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:50.700 The Christian life 00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:53.440 is more than a life of do's and don'ts. 00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:55.400 Far more. 00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:57.680 It's all about a relationship 00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:59.160 and fellowship 00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.560 with our heavenly father 00:29:00.560 --> 00:29:01.340 and the Lord Jesus. 00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:05.779 Our sin hinders our fellowship 00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:07.620 with our father and our Lord. 00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.740 It doesn't destroy the relationship, 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.940 but it does hinder close fellowship. 00:29:12.560 --> 00:29:13.660 And we ought to all be able 00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.460 to understand that. 00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:16.160 Sin hinders fellowship 00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.920 in every relationship. 00:29:18.320 --> 00:29:19.779 When children disobey their parents, 00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:22.259 it hurts the fellowship. 00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:25.859 When children disobey, 00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:27.759 parents have to punish, 00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.519 discipline. 00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.900 There may not be a whole lot 00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:33.680 of touchy-feely, 00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.839 lovey-dovey things said. 00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.740 Same thing true 00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.960 with husbands and wives. 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:42.379 Sometimes these things 00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:43.480 hinder our fellowship, 00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:45.619 but they don't destroy 00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.940 our relationship. 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.859 Well, repentance 00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:51.519 is the key to restoring fellowship 00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:53.899 in just about every relationship 00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:54.619 in life. 00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:58.019 It's important that we learn 00:29:58.019 --> 00:30:00.279 to express sorrow, 00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:04.539 that we stop it, 00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.599 we change, 00:30:05.719 --> 00:30:06.419 we turn, 00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:08.899 that we come back to God 00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:10.639 if our issue is with him, 00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.659 or that we come back 00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:12.619 into a right relationship 00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:13.319 with another person 00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:14.959 if the other person is involved. 00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:17.259 If you're not experiencing 00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.039 close fellowship 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:19.140 with God right now, 00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:21.539 and you know it's because 00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:23.900 of a certain issue 00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.460 in your life 00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.680 that you won't obey him about, 00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.860 I want to encourage you, 00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:29.220 if you want things 00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.940 to be ready with God, 00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.600 right with God, 00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:32.480 repent now. 00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:36.400 Express genuine sorrow 00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.799 to him, 00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.860 and turn from it. 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.960 Change your mind about it. 00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.920 Turn to him 00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.940 in renewed faith, 00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.640 love, 00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.279 commitment. 00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:45.240 That's what it means 00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.740 to repent. 00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.920 There's one more thing 00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.700 in this passage, 00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.220 one more aspect 00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.819 of God's grace. 00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:51.740 Let's look at it real quick. 00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.920 Verse 10, 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:55.500 God graciously withholds judgment 00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:57.279 and forgives us 00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.980 when we repent of our sins. 00:30:59.399 --> 00:31:00.019 Look at the verse. 00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:02.099 When God saw what they did, 00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:03.059 how they turned 00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:04.160 from their evil way, 00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.660 God relented 00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:07.139 of the disaster 00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.799 that he had said 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.940 he would do to them, 00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:10.420 and he did not do it. 00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:12.259 God demonstrated 00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:13.220 his grace. 00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:15.319 He withheld judgment 00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:16.079 from these people 00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:20.059 because they truly repented. 00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:22.000 This is how God desires 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:23.299 to work in everybody's life. 00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:24.920 I want you to look 00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.359 at this word 00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:27.240 from Jeremiah chapter 18. 00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.879 God says, 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.940 if at any time 00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.940 I announce 00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.660 that a nation 00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.399 or kingdom 00:31:32.399 --> 00:31:33.819 is to be uprooted, 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.839 torn down, 00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:35.619 and destroyed, 00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.899 and if that nation 00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.599 I warned 00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:39.379 repents of its evil, 00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:41.300 then I will relent 00:31:41.300 --> 00:31:43.340 and not inflict 00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:44.320 on it 00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:45.500 the disaster 00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.280 I had planned. 00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.900 Going back 00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.800 to what Jonah says 00:31:49.800 --> 00:31:50.740 in chapter 4, 00:31:52.020 --> 00:31:52.420 God 00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:53.660 is 00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.320 and desires 00:31:54.320 --> 00:31:55.320 to show us 00:31:55.320 --> 00:31:56.000 grace 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:57.640 and mercy, 00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:59.220 but God 00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.700 is also 00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.180 holy 00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:01.320 and just, 00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:03.100 and God 00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:03.640 cannot 00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.700 and will not 00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.440 overlook 00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.340 our sin. 00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:08.099 He must, 00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.819 to be true 00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.619 to who He is, 00:32:09.959 --> 00:32:10.639 He must 00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:11.619 punish it. 00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:12.839 Well, 00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:14.139 God has graciously 00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:15.679 provided a way 00:32:15.679 --> 00:32:16.619 for our sin 00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.240 to be punished 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.039 and Him still 00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.959 remain just. 00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.740 What He did 00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.259 is He sent 00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.659 His perfect 00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:23.419 Son, 00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.919 the Lord Jesus, 00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.879 into this world 00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:27.720 to take 00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.939 our punishment 00:32:28.939 --> 00:32:30.139 by dying 00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:30.899 on the cross 00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.939 for our sins. 00:32:32.459 --> 00:32:33.539 That satisfied 00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:35.139 God's justice 00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:37.500 Jesus paid 00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:37.880 the penalty 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.259 for sin. 00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:38.800 It's not 00:32:38.800 --> 00:32:39.300 overlooked. 00:32:40.300 --> 00:32:40.880 Now God 00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:41.759 graciously offers 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.980 to forgive us 00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:44.180 and make us 00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:45.080 His children 00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:46.120 if we'll repent 00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.880 of our sins 00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.680 and put our 00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.980 trust in Jesus 00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:50.160 because when we 00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.820 trust Jesus, 00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:52.500 we're one with Him 00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.940 and the penalty 00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.420 for our sin 00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.940 has been paid. 00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.620 We have His 00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:56.720 righteous character 00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:58.360 credited to us. 00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.860 Have you come 00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.880 to the place 00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:03.360 in your life 00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:05.379 where you know 00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:07.740 that you're 00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.439 a child of God, 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.259 that Jesus Christ 00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:10.379 is Lord of your life? 00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:13.119 If you know 00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.740 He's not, 00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.599 I want to encourage 00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:16.259 you to put your 00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.319 trust in Him now 00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:18.959 while you have 00:33:18.959 --> 00:33:19.539 the opportunity. 00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:21.899 If you're a child 00:33:21.899 --> 00:33:22.419 of God 00:33:22.419 --> 00:33:24.219 away from Him, 00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:25.279 you're not close 00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.959 with Him now 00:33:25.959 --> 00:33:27.399 and it's because 00:33:27.399 --> 00:33:28.839 of your sinful 00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:30.039 attitude, 00:33:30.459 --> 00:33:31.000 your sinful 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.659 behavior, 00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:33.279 come to Him 00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.540 now. 00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:35.320 Truly 00:33:35.320 --> 00:33:37.080 repent. 00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:41.040 Renew your 00:33:41.040 --> 00:33:42.519 faith in Jesus. 00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:44.759 Draw near 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.240 to God 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.580 now. 00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.880 The Scripture 00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.800 says if we draw 00:33:47.800 --> 00:33:48.460 near to God, 00:33:49.300 --> 00:33:50.340 He will draw 00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:51.120 near to us. 00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:52.259 Let's pray 00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.580 together. 00:33:53.300 --> 00:33:53.740 Dear God, 00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:56.200 show us now 00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.779 how we should 00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.400 respond. 00:33:57.400 --> 00:34:01.460 Lord, 00:34:01.540 --> 00:34:02.060 help us all 00:34:02.060 --> 00:34:02.880 to understand 00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:04.800 that this is 00:34:04.800 --> 00:34:05.340 a message 00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:06.400 for Your 00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:06.840 people. 00:34:08.160 --> 00:34:08.599 Repentance 00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.059 is to be a 00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.700 part of our 00:34:09.700 --> 00:34:10.660 lives and our 00:34:10.660 --> 00:34:11.280 relationship with 00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:11.980 You and our 00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.559 relationship with 00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.099 other people. 00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.619 Father, 00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:17.519 help us to let 00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.860 it sink in 00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:20.420 what it truly 00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.460 means to be 00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.180 repentant. 00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:23.740 Help us, 00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.079 Father, 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:26.179 to be honest 00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:28.679 about if 00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.179 that's true 00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:30.019 about us 00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:33.199 as we seek 00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.759 Your forgiveness, 00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:35.039 as we admit 00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.559 our sin, 00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.860 as we seek to 00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.579 be reconciled 00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.860 with other 00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.239 people. 00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:41.639 Let's just 00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:41.840 in an 00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.239 attitude of 00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:43.420 prayer respond 00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.940 to the Lord 00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:46.000 about this. 00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:47.179 Maybe repent 00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.619 for the first 00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.099 time in your 00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:49.259 life or maybe 00:34:49.259 --> 00:34:49.759 for the first 00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.319 time in a 00:34:50.319 --> 00:34:51.159 long time. 00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:52.799 and maybe 00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.699 make the 00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.379 commitment that 00:34:54.379 --> 00:34:54.859 when you get 00:34:54.859 --> 00:34:57.279 home, you're 00:34:57.279 --> 00:34:58.019 going to express 00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:59.099 genuine repentance 00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:01.719 to a person that 00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.539 needs to hear it 00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.399 and see it in 00:35:03.399 --> 00:35:03.619 you. 00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.579 If I could pray 00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:04.940 with you this 00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.339 time, I'd be 00:35:05.339 --> 00:35:05.779 happy to do 00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:05.940 here. 00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:06.579 Let's just 00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:06.839 pray. 00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:06.879 Let's pray.